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Nw. Gr.; C. B, Adams! remark: this will surely later 
prove identical with Murex cornu cervi Martini. 
. Cailleti Petit. station: —? — ; habitat: Guade- 
loupe; Beau! 
. cancellatus Sowb. station: —? —; habitat: St. 
Johns ; Knox! 
. chrysostoma Gray. station: — ? — ; habitat: 
Island of Margarita; Mirch! R. Swift! 
. cornu-cervi Mart. (M. breviforns Lmk., M. calcitrapa 
Lmk., M. purpuratus Reeve) station: on stinking bluish 
mud 10 to 12 feet below the surface of the water in a 
creek with smooth water depositing eggs; habitat: An- 
tillae; Mérch! Guadeloupe; Beau! St. Thomas; Krebs! 
remark: we possess specimens, which have been taken 
out of the eggs and every step of development until the 
size of Murex purpuratus Reeve, drawn in his Ic. conch. 
and they fully prove the synonymes mentioned above, 
to be correct. It is proper to remark: that some speci- 
mens have one and others have two nodules between 
each varix, although taken out of one cluster of eggs, 
but all the old and full-grown specimens have only one 
nodule, some with a very faint indication of the second, 
between each varix, young specimens have no sculpture 
before on the fourth or fifth whorl. 
. crassivaricosa Reeve. station: —? — 3 habitat: 
Guadeloupe; Beau! St. Thomas; Krebs! remark: we 
have laid four specimens, with this name, in our collec- 
tion, but we are inclined to thinks that the Murex cras- 
sivaricosa Reeve is only a Murex carnu-cervi Mart. 
. elegans Bech. station: — ? —; habitat: St. Do- 
mingo; St. Martin; d’Orb.! Port-Louise in the island of 
Fajau near Guadeloupe; Beau! remark: Beau says: 
